Before we announce the winners of our 2024 Critics’ Pick Awards, we’re proud to present our annual Nominee Interview Series. Every year we sit down with as many of our nominees as possible to get some insight into their nominated work. This year, the series will be split between written...
We’re bringing back our Critics’ Pick Awards for the 2024 season. After reading our list of Theatre Nominees below, be sure to check out the nominees from our TV and Film branches as well.   A Note About This Year’s Awards Today marks 15 years since this awards series expanded to...
My favourite Stratford production so far* this year is undoubtedly The Diviners, Verne Thiessen & Yvette Nolan’s grand adaptation of Margaret Laurence’s novel of the same name.   Staged with beautiful fluidity by Krista Jackson with Geneviève Pelletier, the production contains some of...
This season’s Shaw Festival programming on the Royal George Theatre’s iconic proscenium stage showcases a strong assortment of styles and themes ranging from trademark execution of a Shaw classic, to a freshly adapted childhood favourite, hyper-stylized Chinese fable, and a noir vision...
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Before we announce the winners of our 2024 Critics’ Pick Awards, we’re proud to present our annual Nominee Interview Series.   One of our favourite productions of the 2024 Toronto Fringe Festival, Desperate Measures featured a funny and fresh script co-created by Rachel Moore & Catherine Teichman. We spoke with the Outstanding New Work-nominated playwrights to hear […]

Before we announce the winners of our 2024 Critics’ Pick Awards, we’re proud to present our annual Nominee Interview Series.   I saw 40 plays at the 2024 Toronto Fringe Festival and my very favourite was a deeply strange clown two-hander about Albertan rats. Creative, heartfelt, and executed brilliantly, Rat Academy is a perfect example of […]

Before we announce the winners of our 2024 Critics’ Pick Awards, we’re proud to present our annual Nominee Interview Series.   Bowtie Productions is one of Toronto’s most promising young companies. Specializing in intimate and complex musical theatre, Bowtie produced two of the nominated shows in this year’s Critics’ Pick Awards. In addition to Taylor Long’s […]

Before we announce the winners of our 2024 Critics’ Pick Awards, we’re proud to present our annual Nominee Interview Series.   Writer/director Alec Toller was the driving force behind one of my favourite theatrical productions of 2024. Nominated for Outstanding New Work, Outstanding Ensemble, and Outstanding Production, 13 Plays About ADHD All At the Same Time […]

Before we announce the winners of our 2024 Critics’ Pick Awards, we’re proud to present our annual Nominee Interview Series.   One of the most refreshing and memorable theatre pieces of 2024, Circlesnake Productions’ 13 Plays About ADHD All At the Same Time is nominated for Outstanding New Work, Outstanding Ensemble, and Outstanding Production. We caught […]

We’re still physical media devotees round these parts with lots of room in our hearts and on our shelves for DVDs, Blu-rays, and even the occasional VHS (an old beat up copy of The Truman Show and our trusty VCR recently rescued a social event when rain ruined our outdoor screening). In that spirit, we’re […]

Before we announce the winners of our 2024 Critics’ Pick Awards, we’re proud to present our annual Nominee Interview Series.   Stratford Festival stalwart Steve Ross not only had the season of his career at the festival this past summer, appearing in Something Rotten and taking on the flashy starring role in La Cage aux […]

Before we announce the winners of our 2024 Critics’ Pick Awards, we’re proud to present our annual Nominee Interview Series. Every year we sit down with as many of our nominees as possible to get some insight into their nominated work. This year, the series will be split between written Q&As and audio interviews featured on […]